The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
SALVADOR DALII do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Anything that does not take place erotically sublimates itself in the work of art.
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All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
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The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless.
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We are children of God, and the entire universe tends towards the perfection of mankind.
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Let my enemies devour each other.
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I do not believe in my death.
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So little of what could happen does happen.
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I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health.
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
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The reason some portraits don’t look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
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The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
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God is present in everything.
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To be interesting, one has to provoke.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it.
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